-interest rates: The current Japanese interest rate BoJ (base rate) is 0.000 %
-Unemployment Inflation GDP
- Unemployment : 3.0 percent in July of 2016;
-Inflation rate : 0.1% ;
-GDP : $4.41 trillion (nominal; 2016)
-GDP growth rate: 0.3 percent on quarter in the three months to September of 2016
-Exchange rates against USD : 1 Japanese Yen equals 0.0088 US Dollar
-Exchange rate regime: Free floating
-major industries: petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, bioindustry, shipbuilding, aerospace, textiles, and processed foods
-FDI rates: 6090 JPY Hundreds Million in November of 2016
Consider the data collected and make some observations on the stability and strength of the economy in Japan. What do high and low levels of unemployment indicate? What does the exchange rate regime tell you about the economy? Consider the presence of existing industries and identify areas of opportunity or risk. Also consider the logistics of shipping and distribution based on physical infrastructure.
-interest rates: The current Japanese interest rate BoJ (base rate) is 0.000 %
-Unemployment Inflation GDP
- Unemployment : 3.0 percent in July of 2016;
-Inflation rate : 0.1% ;
-GDP : $4.41 trillion (nominal; 2016)
-GDP growth rate: 0.3 percent on quarter in the three months to September of 2016
-Exchange rates against USD : 1 Japanese Yen equals 0.0088 US Dollar
-Exchange rate regime: Free floating
-major industries: petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, bioindustry, shipbuilding, aerospace, textiles, and processed foods
-FDI rates: 6090 JPY Hundreds Million in November of 2016
Consider the data collected and make some observations on the stability and strength of the economy in Japan. What do high and low levels of unemployment indicate? What does the exchange rate regime tell you about the economy? Consider the presence of existing industries and identify areas of opportunity or risk. Also consider the logistics of shipping and distribution based on physical infrastructure.
